"The lord is so proud of Aijia, Jiawan can't repay him if he dies." Guo Jia waved his hands and bowed.

Cao Cao asked Guo Jiadao: "The old man built the Xuanwu Pond in Yecheng to train the navy, and he has obtained hundreds of large and small warships. Does Feng Xiao think that my sailor can defeat the Jiangdong sailor? ”

During the discussion, the full favor came to report: "Prime Minister, report carefully." Han Xuan led 10,000 sailors to the sea, but I don't know where he went? ”

"Oh, overseas? Overseas is mostly a wild place, what good is it for Han Xuan to go there? Cao Cao was full of suspicions.

Cao Cao asked Guo Jia again, and Guo Jia was also puzzled. After Manzhong left, Sima Yi came in to hand over the official document to Cao Cao, Cao Cao glanced at Sima Yi and asked, "Sima Yi, Han Xuan led the army to sea, where do you think he went?" ”

"Xiaguan heard that Jiangdong developed a place overseas a few years ago, and its land is about the size of several counties, and the people of Jiangdong call it 'Yizhou'. According to the humble opinion of the lower officials, if Han Xuan either went to Yizhou, he would go to find an island similar to 'Yizhou'. Sima Yi bowed to Cao Cao and bowed, not daring to look up at Cao Cao's eyes.

Cao Cao asked Guo Jiadao: "Fengxiao, is there really so much uncivilized land overseas?" ”

"Since the Qin Dynasty, there have been many rumors of overseas immortal mountains in the classics, and the people of Jiaozhou have also been to other places when they go to sea. I don't think it's going to be fake. Guo Jia replied.

Cao Cao stared at Sima Yi and smiled: "Sima Yi, you are very knowledgeable. ”

Sima Yi's heart tightened, and then he said: "This matter of Yizhou was also heard by a friend in Jiangdong. The lower officials are shallow in their studies and dare not compete with Guo Junshi. ”

Guo Jia said to Cao Cao: "Han Xuan led the army to the sea, and he could not return in three years and five years, and Han Hao's ability was not as good as Han Xuan's. The Jiangdong party is now suspicious of each other, and this is a good opportunity to send troops. The lord can take advantage of the undecided alliance and rush to lead the army to attack Jingzhou, and break Liu Biao and Liu Bei first! ”

"After Zhang Xiu, Lu Bu and other generals lead the army to come, they will wave their troops south on the same day." Cao Cao was not in a hurry, he wanted to annex Jiangnan in one go.

Cao Cao said again: "I dreamed of three horses in the same groove yesterday, what is the good luck of this master? ”

"It should be Ma Teng's trouble, the repeated rebellion of the generals in Liangzhou will be a disaster for the lord." Guo Jia explained.

Cao Cao looked at Sima Yi again: "This 'Sima' also has the word 'horse' in it, do you think it will be Sima's family?" ”

Sima Yi was so frightened that he hurriedly fell to the ground and said: "Prime Minister Mingjian, Xiliang Ma Teng and Han Sui have been fighting for many years, and they are in trouble for Xiliang. Ma Teng will be the prime minister's trouble, my Sima family has been loyal for generations, how dare I be an enemy of the prime minister? ”

It turned out that Ma Teng and Han Sui were brothers with different surnames at first, but later due to friction between subordinates, the relationship gradually deteriorated, and then became enemies. The land of Sanfu and Liangzhou was in chaos.

Cao Cao stared at Sima Yi and asked, "How do you think I can get rid of this great calamity?"

Sima Yi replied, "According to the opinion of the lower officials, the prime minister can send Si Li's lieutenant Wei Qi and Liangzhou Assassin Shi Wei Duan to mediate Han Sui and Ma Teng, and the above table appointed Yan Xing as the Taishou and recruited Ma Teng to garrison Huaili. The two of them read the grace of the prime minister, and they will not dare to rebel easily, so that the prime minister can go south with peace of mind. ”

Cao Cao laughed and walked down the steps, picked up Sima Yi and said, "Just now I am trying to investigate your knowledge, so I am playful." ”

Sima Yi stood up and wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, Cao Cao asked him to go down first, and Sima Yi bowed and came out. Guo Jia said to Cao Cao again: "My lord, Ma Teng and Han Sui are insatiable people, and they should not be left alone. Ma Teng can be summoned into the court as an official and placed under house arrest. ”

Cao Cao's southern expedition was basically ready, but he still had to test the attitude of the loyal emperors, so every time he went to court, Cao Cao paid attention to the remarks of those people. On this day, Kong Rong played to Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty and said: "We should follow the system of the ancient king of Ji, and in a land within a radius of 1,000 miles from Beijing, you cannot build a feudal country." ”

Liu Xie looked at Cao Cao, Cao Cao didn't speak, and Liu Xie said, "Do you have any objections to Kong Aiqing's proposal?" ”

Officials, look at me, I look at you, and I don't dare to make a comment for a while. Liu Xie was very embarrassed, but seeing that Cao Cao was silent there, Liu Xie didn't know Cao Cao's attitude, so he had to say that the matter could be discussed later.

Cao Cao found that Kong Rong's discussion was getting wider and wider, and he was even more jealous of Kong Rong. Kong Rong and Xi Wei have always had contradictions, Xi Xi adhered to Cao Cao's intentions, fabricated Kong Rong's crimes, and ordered the prime minister's army to plot a sacrificial wine Lu Cui: "When Kong Rong was the minister of Beihai, when he saw the chaos in the world, he gathered the disciples and tried to do wrong. Later, he talked with Han Xuan's envoy and ridiculed and slandered the court. In addition, he and You Heng previously behaved debauchery, flaunting each other, You Heng called Kong Rong 'Confucius immortal', and Kong Rong praised You Heng as 'Yan reborn'. This is a great act of rebellion and should be punished with capital punishment. ”

Cao Cao then ordered Kong Rong to be arrested and executed along with Kong Rong's wife and children.

In the Ma Teng military camp in Liangzhou, Zhang Ji came to the Ma Teng military tent, and Zhang Ji said: "The prime minister specially ordered me to recruit the former general, and the general should stay in the army for the time being and become an official." The prime minister promised to be a high-ranking official, and the general's heirs were rewarded, and I hope the general will not hesitate and leave quickly. ”

Ma Teng hesitated and said, "General Zhang, please go back to the pass first and wait." When my eldest son Ma Chao returns, I will explain everything to him before entering the court with the general. ”

Zhang Ji then returned to Guanzhong, and at this time Ma Chaozheng led his troops to engage Han Sui. Ma Chao's generals Pang De and Ma Dai led 30,000 cavalry to fight with Han Sui's general Yan Xing.

The two sides formed a circle, and Han Sui's general Yan Xing stood up and pointed at a young general in front of the opposite formation, whose face was like a crown of jade, his lips were like smeared Zhu, and he was wearing silver armor and white robes, and a lion helmet and beast belt.

Yan Xing shouted: "Ma Chao, you are a defeated general!" An Dare to raise troops and be the enemy of General Zhenxi? ”

It turned out that this Yan Xing was from Jincheng, and the word Yanming. He was known for his courage when he was young, and followed Han Sui as a young general. Han Sui clashed with Ma Teng before, Han Sui killed Ma Teng's wife, Ma Chao avenged his mother, and led a team of cavalry to attack Han Sui's old nest Jincheng.

Yan Xing rode a horse and speared against Ma Chao, and the two fought for thirty times without a win. Yan Xing was anxious to protect Han Sui and tried to stab Ma Chao in the neck with a spear, but Ma Chao didn't have time to draw his gun back to defend, so he quickly drew the sword at his waist and slashed at Yan Xing's spear.

Yan Xing's spear was cut off by Ma Chao's sword, so Yan Xing hit Ma Chao's neck with a broken spear, Ma Chao didn't expect this Yan Xing to be so brave and defenseless. Yan Xing almost killed Ma Chao, but fortunately, Pang De came to the rescue in time, and Ma Chao was spared death.

I saw that Yan Xing immediately urged the Xiliang war horse under his crotch to come out of the battle, and raised the steel spear to stab Ma Chao, and Ma Chao shouted: "It's good, I will definitely defeat you head-on this time." Kill you first, and then kill Han Sui to avenge my mother! ”

Ma Chao urged the mount Shali to fly up to Yan Xing, and the horse belonged to the Dawan horse, with a white body, galloping in the desert like walking on the ground. Ma Chao raised the tip of the dragoon and stabbed at Yan Xing, and the steel spear in Yan Xing's hand was also stabbed, and the two of them each grabbed each other's spear shafts.

Yan Xing wanted to snatch Ma Chao's weapon, but found that Ma Chao's strength had skyrocketed terrifyingly, which was very different from when he was defeated by him before. Yan Xing's fighting spirit immediately rose, he held down the saddle with one hand, and kicked at Ma Chao sideways.

Ma Chao let go of Yan Xing's spear shaft, pulled the tip of the spear dragoon, and then pulled the spear to urge the horse away. Yan Xing chased after him, Ma Chao turned around and stabbed with a spear, Yan Xing hurriedly swung the steel spear to swing the tip of Ma Chao's gun.

Yan Xing shook the steel spear and sped up the speed of the stabbing attack, and Ma Chao swung the tip of the dragoon to cover left and right. The two fought for fifty rounds without a win, Yan Xing's war horse was tired, but Ma Chao's mount Sha Lifei was snorting, still fierce.

Yan Xing's mount ran slower and slower, and Ma Chao took advantage of the force of the impact of the war horse, and stabbed the head of the spear straight at Yan Xing's tasseled helmet. The master's move only saw the flaw of the other party for a moment, Ma Chao saw that Yan Xing's attention was focused on his head, and immediately pulled out the sword on his waist, which was his most proud swordsmanship.

Different from the swordsmanship of Wang Yue, Shi A and others, Ma Chao's swordsmanship emphasizes actual combat, which benefits from his swordsmanship teacher's advice to him. Yan Xing had expected Ma Chao to come again, but Ma Chao couldn't make the spear and sword have the strength to kill the master at the same time.

Yan Xing thought that Ma Chao would attack him with all his strength, so he provoked the shaft of the spear to move Ma Chao's sword. Who knew that the tip of the spear dragoon in Ma Chao's left hand suddenly changed its trajectory and slanted towards Yan Xing's ear, and this shot picked off Yan Xing's tasseled helmet.

Yan Xing was shocked and hurriedly turned his horse and fled. Ma Chao was just about to chase after him, but when he saw the light cavalry of Yan Xing's subordinates killing, Ma Chao put away his sword and returned it to the sheath, raised the tip of the dragon horse and stabbed to death more than ten Yan Xing light horsemen.

Blood flowed down the blade of the two-foot-long spearhead, and Ma Chao stopped at the horse to watch Yan Xing lead the army to flee, and the wind blew Ma Chao's brocade robe. Ma Chao's mood at this time is lonely and tragic, and the master is lonely!

"The general is brave! Be brave! Ma Chao's subordinates shouted and cheered, and Ma Chao's morale was high. Ma Chao wanted to lead the army to pursue, but Ma Teng ordered someone to summon him back, Ma Chao raised the tip of the dragoon and turned the horse's head, and returned to the camp with the joy of victory.